Syllabus/achievement requirements

BECK, ULRICH. Globalisering og Individualisering: Volume 3, Krig og Terror. Oslo: Aschehoug (2003). ISBN 82-7935-063-2. Pp. 93-108, 113-153. Currently being translated.

  • BECK, ULRICH. “Den Postnasjonale Krig.” Pp 93-108.
  • BECK, ULRICH. “Ordenes Taushet – om Terror og Krig.” Pp. 113-153. Currently being translated.

CASSESE, ANTONIO. International Law in a Divided World. Oxford: Clarendon Press (1986), ISBN 0-19-876195-5. Pp. 287-316.

FREEMAN, MICHAEL. Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Cambridge: Polity Press (2002). ISBN 0-7456-2355-7. Pp. 32-100.

LINDHOLM, TORE, DURHAM and TAHZIB-LIE (eds.). Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Deskbook. The Hague: Brill Academic Publishers (2004). ISBN 0-7456-2355-7. Pp. 20-61, 148-172, 210-238. Book not yet available.

  • LINDHOLM, TORE. “Philosophical and Religious Justification of Freedom of Religion or Belief.” Pp. 20-61.
  • NOVAK, MANFRED and TANJA VOSPERNIK. “Permissible Restrictions on Freedom of Religion or Belief.” Pp. 148-172.
  • MARTINEZ-TORR?N, JAVIER and RAFAEL NAVARRO-VALLS. “The Protection of Religious Freedom of the System of the Council of Europe.” Pp. 210-238.

NICKEL, JAMES W. Making Sense of Human Right. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press (2004). Pp. 2-139. Book not yet available. The 1987 edition is available online at the following website: http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~jnickel/msohr%20welcome.htm

NUSSBAUM, MARTHA. Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach. Cambridge University Press (2000). ISBN 0-521-66086-6. Pp. 1-110, 167-240.

Readings in Philosophy and Politics of Human Rights: A Compendium. University of Oslo Unipub (2003). Pp. 27-59, 63-84, 212-237.

  • LINDHOLM, TORE. “Ethical Justification of Universal Rights Across Normative Divides.” In G?ran Bexell and Dan-Erik Andersson, Universal Ethics: Perspectives and Proposals from Scandinavian Scholars. The Hague: Kluwer Law International (2002), Pp. 63-84.
  • KAHN, JOSEPH. “A Confusian Perspective on Human Rights for Contemporary China.” In Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell (eds.), The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights. Cambridge University Press (1999). Pp. 212-237.
  • TATSUO, INQUE. “Liberal Democracy and Asian Orientalism.” In Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell (eds.), The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights. Cambridge University Press (1999). Pp. 27-59.

RISSE, THOMAS, STEPHEN C. ROPP and KATHRYN SIKKINK. The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change. Cambridge University Press (1999). ISBN 0-521-65882-9. Pp. 1-133, 234-278.

TES?N, FERNANDO, “International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism.” In Patrick Hayden (ed.), The Philosophy of Human Rights. St. Paul, MN USA: Paragon House (2001). ISBN 1-55778-790-5. Pp. 379-396.

Other Reading:

The following is recommended reading for the benefit of the student and for which there is no responsibility on the examination

LAUREN, PAUL GORDON. Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (2nd ed., 2003). ISBN 0-8122-1854-X. Pp. 1-104.

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